賊喊捉賊
Chinese
| thief | call; cry; to shout | to clutch; to grab; to capture | thief | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (賊喊捉賊) | 賊 | 喊 | 捉 | 賊 | |
| simp. (贼喊捉贼) | 贼 | 喊 | 捉 | 贼 | |
| Literally: “a thief cries "stop the thief!"”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): zéihǎnzhuōzéi
- (Zhuyin): ㄗㄟˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗㄟˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caak6 haam3 zuk1 caak6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zéihǎnzhuōzéi
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄟˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄛ ㄗㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zéihǎnjhuozéi
- Wade–Giles: tsei2-han3-cho1-tsei2
- Yale: dzéi-hǎn-jwō-dzéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeirhaanjuotzeir
- Palladius: цзэйханьчжоцзэй (czɛjxanʹčžoczɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡seɪ̯³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caak6 haam3 zuk1 caak6
- Yale: chaahk haam jūk chaahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak9 haam3 dzuk7 tsaak9
- Guangdong Romanization: cag6 ham3 zug1 cag6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːk̚² haːm³³ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
賊喊捉賊
- to accuse others of wrongdoing as the wrongdoer to escape guilt and responsibility by diverting attention
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 賊嗌捉賊 / 贼嗌捉贼
- (Hokkien) 做賊的喝掠賊 / 做贼的喝掠贼, 拍人喝救人 (phah-lâng-hoah-kiù-lâng)